God, life changes faster than you think.

Quote by Amy Tan

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I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another...

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

It's both rebellion and conformity that attack you with success.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

I loved fairy tales when I was a kid. Grimm. The grimmer the better. I...

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life.

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

You can get sucked into the idea that, 'Gosh, this is impressive. Maybe I should...

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from...

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from...

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

In America nobody says you have to keep the circumstances somebody else gives you.

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

I would still like to have that luxury, to be able to just sit and...

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

I have a writer's memory which makes everything worse than maybe it actually was.

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

My parents told me I would become a doctor and then in my spare time...

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the...

Language is the tool of my trade -and I use them all - all the...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for...

Memory feeds imagination.

Memory feeds imagination.

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

My parents had very high expectations. They expected me to get straight A's from the...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only...

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I didn't fear failure. I expected failure.

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing...

I wanted to write stories for myself. At first it was purely an aesthetic thing...